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No. 6|2,l26. Patented Oct. ll, I898. S. SYMINGTDN.

CUFF BUTTON.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEC SCOTT SYMINGTON, OF SYDNEY, NEIV SOUTH ALES.

CUFF-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,126, dated October 11, 1898.

' Application filed 0ctobr20,1897. seriaiua'eaasoo. armada.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SCOTT SYMINGTON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residin g at Balmain, Sydney, in the Colony of New- South Wales, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Buttons, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cud-buttons, and to that class thereof known as link cuffbuttons; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved link cuff-button; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view of one of the button-heads detached, and Fig. 3 a plan view of a spring-plate which is placed in one of said button-heads.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide two separate similar button-heads, which consist of a base-plate 5 and a cap or crown plate 6, and said button-heads are preferably elliptical in form, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be circular in form,if desired. The base-plates 5 are fiat, and the cap or crown plates 6 are convex, and by means of this construction chambers or spaces 7 are formed in each button-head. The base-plate of one of said button-heads is provided with a circular opening near one side vide a link or shaft 16, which is provided at each end with a ball or spherical head 17. The ball or spherical head 17 at one end of the link or shaft enters the spherical socket or chamber 15 in one of said button-heads, and that at the other end of said shaft enters a corresponding spherical socket or chamber 18 in the other button-head, said last-named spherical socket or chamber being formed partly in the plate 11. By means of this construction the separate button-heads may be freely turned in any direction on the link or shaft 16, and said link or shaft is permanently connected with one of said buttonheads and is detachable from the other, this being accomplished by pressing the said link or shaft inwardly with respectto the button-head against the spring-plate 11 and then moving the end of the shaft laterally from the center of the button-head through the slot 9 into the circular opening 8, which is large enough to permit the ball 17 to pass therethrough. When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, however, they will be securely held together, and the operation of the button will be similar to all other buttons of this class, or, if desired, the detach able button-head may be first removed from the link or shaft 16 and said link or shaft passed through the buttonholes in the cuff and said detachable button-head again connected with the shaft, as will be readily un* derstood,and the buttons maybe disconnected from the cuff by first disconnecting said detachable button-head from the link or shaft 16.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved link cufi-button of the class described, comprising a link or shaft provided at each end with a spherical ball or head, a button-head having a spherical socket or chamber receiving one of said balls or heads, and a hollow button-head having an interior chamber or cavity which is closed by a baseplate provided centrally with a spherical socket or recess and with a reduced slot extending laterally therefrom toward the side of the button-head and provided with an enlarged eye or opening at its outer end, and a spring-plate mounted within the chamber or cavity of the button-head and extending transversely across and with respect to said central socket or recess and said extended slot and having its outer end projecting over and with relation to the enlarged eye or opening at the outer end of said slot, said latter button-head being adapted to detachably receive the spherical ball or head upon the link, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 7th day of September, 1897.

SCOTT SYMINGTON.

Witnesses:

A. J. BRIERLEY,

H. T. SYMINGTON. 

